PRESS RELEASE:-
Today i.e. 31.10.2014, a delegation of Hon’ble Members of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council meet with Shri Vijay Bahadur Singh, Advocate General of U.P. on behalf of Hon’ble Chief Minister of U.P. for the various demands regarding advocates welfare schemes for the advocates of the State. The Advocate General promised to the delegation on behalf of State Govt that the all welfare schemes with take effect as soon as possible. On the ground of his promise the state bar council postponed his “ANDOLAN” for the next one month.

“State Bar Council” means Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh constituted
Under Sec.3 of the Advocates’ Act, 1961 there shall be a Bar Council for each State
and accordingly the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has been constituted.

At present there are more than 1,00,000 Advocates on the rolls of the Uttar Pradesh
State Bar Council, who elected the Members of the Bar Council.

State Bar Council means Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh constituted is one of the largest
Statutory Bodies of professionals having statutory duties such as Enrollment of
Law Graduates as Advocates, Regulating Legal Practice of Advocates and initiating
action against erring advocates and also taking up welfare activities/schemes for
the benefit of advocates.

The functions of a State Bar Council shall be :-

To admit persons as advocates on its roll;

To prepare and maintain such roll;

To entertain and determine cases of misconduct against advocates on its roll;

To safeguard the rights, privileges and interest of advocates on its roll;

To promote and support law reform;

To conduct seminars and organize talks on legal topics by eminent jurists and publish
journals and paper of legal interest;